ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Six days after the assassination of Ethiopia’s army chief, the prime minister has appointed the country’s spy chief as the late general’s successor. Gen. Adem Mohammed is the new army chief, announced Prime minister Abiy Ahmed’s office Friday. Earlier that day in the northern Amhara region, the regional governor and two other officials were killed in an attack on their offices. Following those attacks, there has been high security in the capital and the Amhara region amid a wave of arrests. Some Ethiopians worry that the subsequent mass arrests indicate that the incident is being used by the government to silence dissent, mainly in the Amhara region.

Source: Ethiopian News June 28, 2019 17:26 UTC